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Ore dock

An ore dock is a large structure used for loading ore (typically from railway cars or ore jennies) onto ships, which then carry the ore to steelworks or to transshipment points. Most known ore docks were constructed near iron mines on the upper Great Lakes and served the lower Great Lakes. Ore docks still in existence are typically about 60 feet (18 m)…

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Ore dock

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related to Today · 24
Ore dock → Another, As, Atlantic Railway, BNSF's Allouez Taconite Facility, Canadian National Railway, DSS, Duluth, In, Ishpeming, Ishpeming Railroad, Lake Superior, Many, Marquette, Merritt-Chapman, Michigan, MN, Ore, Scott, South Shore, Superior
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Ore dock → Burt, By, Escanaba, Great Lakes, Iron, Lake Superior, Marquette, Marquette Iron Range, Michigan, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Minnesota, Railroads, Rich, September, Since, United States, Upper Peninsula, Variations, William, Wisconsin
related to Construction · 4
Ore dock → Each, Ore, The, These
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Ore dock → Marquette, NMU Archives, The Ore Docks
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Ore dock → large structure used for loading ore

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Ore dockis alarge structure used for loading ore0.90text
Escanabainstance ofRailroads would haul ore from the mines to the ore docks on the Great Lakes in places0.80text
Marquetteinstance ofRailroads would haul ore from the mines to the ore docks on the Great Lakes in places0.80text
where the cargo would be loaded onto ore freightersinstance ofRailroads would haul ore from the mines to the ore docks on the Great Lakes in places0.80text
transported to the rest of the country.Iron ore was first discovered in Michigan's Upper Peninsula on September 19instance ofRailroads would haul ore from the mines to the ore docks on the Great Lakes in places0.80text
1844instance ofRailroads would haul ore from the mines to the ore docks on the Great Lakes in places0.80text
by William Ainstance ofRailroads would haul ore from the mines to the ore docks on the Great Lakes in places0.80text
iron oreinstance ofBut steamers of the day were not well adapted for bulk cargoes0.80text
Ore dockrelated to ConstructionOre0.60section
Ore dockrelated to ConstructionEach0.60section
Ore dockrelated to ConstructionThe0.60section
Ore dockrelated to ConstructionThese0.60section

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